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    SD Card on 1420 and 1520

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by millermagic, Oct 17, 2008.

  1. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    For classes I use a USB thumb drive for storing my notes and whatnot. I keep running into the problem of leaving the thumbdrive in my dorm room or losing the stupid thing (although I di end up finding it afterwards!

    I was thinking about getting something like the following http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820183050 to use in my 1420 and 1520 to store notes.


    My plan is to always leave it in the laptop so I don't loose it.

    Few questions though
    1. Can this be written to and read by the "SD/MMC -MS/Pro" slot in the front of my 1420?

    2. Does my 1520 have this type of slot? I haven't found it but reviews online says it does ...


    Thanks in advance!
     
    millermagic, Oct 17, 2008
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    mani1128 Notebook Guru

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    1. yes, it can be done.
    2. i dont know about 1520 but 1525 does have such an slot
     
    mani1128, Oct 17, 2008
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  3. SteveJonesy

    SteveJonesy Notebook Evangelist

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    The 1520's media card slot is just under and to the rear of the optical drive.

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    SteveJonesy, Oct 17, 2008
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    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    Ahh. Never noticed it ... and I've had this thing completely apart.

    Are there drivers to get it working on xp? It doesn't seem to work on my 1520.
     
    millermagic, Oct 17, 2008
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  5. SteveJonesy

    SteveJonesy Notebook Evangelist

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    Try this driver.
     
    SteveJonesy, Oct 17, 2008
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    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    Hmm doesn't seem to work ... I must have it unhooked inside. Looks like I am going to have to take it apart.

    Thanks for the driver help though :)
     
    millermagic, Oct 18, 2008
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    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    Figured out the problem almost two months later.

    I was thumbing through the BIOS looking for intel virtualization. I found that the motherboard had the slot disabled by default.

    Enabled it and no problems.
     
    millermagic, Dec 8, 2008
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  8. frazell

    frazell Notebook Deity

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    That is funny... I owned the 1520 less than a month ago and I rem. the slot being on the left... Man my memory must be bad :p
     
    frazell, Dec 8, 2008
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